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Traffic restrictions associated with the Sino-African summit: Reductions of NOx detected from space

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2007

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Wang, Yuxuan, Michael B. McElroy, K. Folkert Boersma, Henk J. Eskes, and J. Pepijn Veefkind. 2007. “Traffic Restrictions Associated with the Sino-African Summit: Reductions of NOx detected from Space.” Geophysical Research Letters 34 (8) (April). Portico. doi:10.1029/2007gl029326.

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Aggressive measures were instituted by the Beijing municipal authorities to restrict vehicular traffic in the Chinese capital during the recent Sino-African Summit. We show that reductions in associated emissions of NOx were detected by the Dutch-Finnish Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) aboard the Aura satellite. Interpretation of these data using a 3-dimensional chemical transport model indicates that emissions of NOx were reduced by 40% over the period of November 4 to 6, 2006, for which the restrictions were in place.

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